Re: Documentation weirdness

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Documentation weirdness
Date: 2026-03-02 18:42:26
Message-ID: 862277.1772476946@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Monday, March 2, 2026, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at> wrote:
>> Would it be possible to set (column constraint) and (table constraint)
>> in the normal body font instead of monospace? That would make it clearer
>> that these phrases aren't part of the syntax but descriptive.

> Not sure, but I don’t like that as the sole solution anyway. Too subtle.

Agreed, but we could/should do it along with modifying the text.
I thought your addition of "variant" was a good idea.
I didn't look closely at the rest of your diff.

regards, tom lane

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